Hello,
I need some help with some code that I am writing on VBA with Autodesk Inventor Professional 2014 and I want to prompt the user for a selection. I am in the assembly environment and have generated a frame with the frame generator. I want to ask the user to select some frame components so I can do something with them. What I really want is a similar selection functionality as the frame generator. More specifically, I want it to be similar to the multi-select function that appears when you edit a frame member. Take a look at the picture.
For the action that I want to preform with the code, the user will usually have to select multiple frame members. I have tried this code:
Sub SelectingAnOccurrence()
'Set a reference to the inventor application.
Dim oApp As Application
Set oApp = ThisApplication
' Set a reference to the active assembly document.
Dim oDoc As AssemblyDocument
Set oDoc = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument
' Prompt user to pick an occurrence
Dim oOcc As ComponentOccurrence
Set oOcc = ThisApplication.CommandManager.Pick(kAssemblyOccurrenceFilter, "Pick occurrence to do something with")
End SubThe thing is, however, that it only selects the Frame0001:1 Assembly when I click on a member from the graphics window. I can select each individual member in the tree but I would like to select the individual members in the graphics window. What I want is the "Part Priority" selection filter to replace the kAssemblyOccurrenceFilter in the code. The problem is that I can't find the selection filter that does this from within VBA.
I also want a form like the frame generator that updates as frame members are selected. In the frame generator, you can select multiple frames and the information updates. I want to be able to select frame members and have a form populate stuff based on the members that I select. Right now, I can't interact with inventor while a form is visible.
It would also be helpful to enable pre-highlight only on the frames that have a certain custom iProperty or those that are in a certain family. I want to be able to only have a pre-highlight of all the frame members in the assembly with that certain custom iProperty. I know I can select the component and then check to see if it has the property. If it doesn't then it will be deselected. What I am wondering is if there is a setting that prevents the selection or pre-highlighting of all the components except those which have the custom iProperty.
Finally, I am wondering if I have to go to the next level and make a custom add-in. While that would let me do all of this, I want to try and keep it at the VBA level.
Thanks for reading and any help would be appreciated.
